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but in many ways you've written that it was by the defense. can you explain? >> there is a reason why millions of americans took to the streets to get george zimmerman arrested and that's because the case was very obviously about race. and yet in the courtroom, the case was completely bungled by the prosecution on the issue of race. the defense tried to paint trayvon martin as a match, that was their word, to two african-american burglars who had been in the community six months before. he had nothing to do with. and the prosecutors did that rise to their feet and say what does that have to do with trayvon martin. so they allowed the defense to own the race issue in a very illogical manner. the judge rule that had they couldn't talk about racial profiling, just the word profiling. which made no sense. the prosecution should have argued their evidence that all of the calls that zimmerman made in the six months prior to the shooting about suspicious people in the neighborhood were about african-americans. 100%. you don't get statistics like that very often. >> s
but in many ways you've written that it was by the defense. can you explain? >> there is a reason why millions of americans took to the streets to get george zimmerman arrested and that's because the case was very obviously about race. and yet in the courtroom, the case was completely bungled by the prosecution on the issue of race. the defense tried to paint trayvon martin as a match, that was their word, to two african-american burglars who had been in the community six months before....
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hads of the importance of this alliance including perhaps -- we should revisit the missile missile defense shield we talked about so often. beyond that, i would say it's part of strengthening and stabilizing the government in kiev now so they can transition to stability down the road, as well, i think part of that should be strengthening their defense capabilities. i think this threat is a long-term one they're facing >> you've been focused on foreign policy challenges in venezuela. there are protests there against the government and a crackdown against protesters in the streets. what would like to see the administration do? >> first we need to clearly pronounce ourselves as more than just concerned about what's happening. we need to say clearly the united states and its people and its government are firmly on the side of the ambitions and desires, the rightful desires of the people in the streets, the students and young people protesting against violations. beyond that, i would like to see specific u.s. sanctions against individuals in the maduro government that are systematically partici
hads of the importance of this alliance including perhaps -- we should revisit the missile missile defense shield we talked about so often. beyond that, i would say it's part of strengthening and stabilizing the government in kiev now so they can transition to stability down the road, as well, i think part of that should be strengthening their defense capabilities. i think this threat is a long-term one they're facing >> you've been focused on foreign policy challenges in venezuela. there...
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but this was self-defense, that is a complete defense. and she makes a pretty good story for self-defense. but if the jury says otherwise, so be it. 20 years behind bars that she points out, effectively a life sentence if it goes up to 60 years, when no one was harmed, and there is no question that her husband has a history of abuse against her. >> congresswoman corrine brown actually confronted angela corey, the prosecutor, who also happened to be the prosecutor in the case around jordan davis and trayvon martin. yet she is the prosecutor of marissa alexander. watch this and give me your reaction, lisa. >> in this case, i understand what could have happened. >> yes, ma'am. >> but it did not happen. it did not happen. and so all we was asking and all the community is asking for is mercy and justice. >> congresswoman, i showed her mercy when i sat down with her, we offered her -- >> 20 years is not even justice. >> so that was in 2012, right after the case with marissa alexander and angela cory standing there being cold fronf by the congre
but this was self-defense, that is a complete defense. and she makes a pretty good story for self-defense. but if the jury says otherwise, so be it. 20 years behind bars that she points out, effectively a life sentence if it goes up to 60 years, when no one was harmed, and there is no question that her husband has a history of abuse against her. >> congresswoman corrine brown actually confronted angela corey, the prosecutor, who also happened to be the prosecutor in the case around jordan...
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>> every case is different but in this case, you had a lot of things going for the defense. one of the things about a famous defendant is it brings you the best of times and worst of times on the justice system. on the good side you can get the best lawyers and best experts and it doesn't hurt to be a kennedy. juries are going to give you not only a reasonable doubt but sometimes a benefit of a doubt that isn't so reasonable. >> and right, also i think everyone takes ambien and knows that's a relatable thing. i prefer ny gsquil. >> this took 20 months and required change of venue. do you think prosecutors made the right decision to pursue the case? >> i think the prosecutors are looking at this and saying look, we had no choice. she was arrested and impaired and in a condition where anybody else would have been arrested. we have to treat a famous person and the problem was it was a close case. when the defense worked it and prosecution expert witness saying yeah, you could take it and actually not know that you're impaired, when you get that kind of admission from the prosec
>> every case is different but in this case, you had a lot of things going for the defense. one of the things about a famous defendant is it brings you the best of times and worst of times on the justice system. on the good side you can get the best lawyers and best experts and it doesn't hurt to be a kennedy. juries are going to give you not only a reasonable doubt but sometimes a benefit of a doubt that isn't so reasonable. >> and right, also i think everyone takes ambien and...
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the defense claims the scene was tampered with. i'm randy, and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years, but i needed help in quitting smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking, or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental-health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these, stop chantix and see your doctor right away, as some can be life-threatening. tell your doctor if you have a history of heart or blood-vessel problems or if you develop new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if you have symptoms of a heart at
the defense claims the scene was tampered with. i'm randy, and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years, but i needed help in quitting smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking, or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal...
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how can we stop an occupation when these are self-defense forces? these are not russian." that really dampened hopes of any meaningful progress. at least they've talked, and at least it has gone on longer than we thought. the other big news, of course, is the e.u. weighing in with a big financial package, offering $15 billion worth of aid. that comes after yesterday's announcement of a billion dollars of -- of loan guarantees from the u.s. the priority, aside from calming down the security situation in crimea, is, of course, to try and stabilize the ukrainian economy which is in a terrible way with the russians turning the screws still more. the finance ministry here have been frank. they say we've got no money left. the coffers are empty, it's been stolen. also in the east, we've seen more violence, clashes between pro-russian protesters and supporters of the ukrainian government. we've had the -- the government offices there occupied first by the pro-russians, pushed out, and then the pro-ukrainians. and now again today, the pro-russians taking control of that building a
how can we stop an occupation when these are self-defense forces? these are not russian." that really dampened hopes of any meaningful progress. at least they've talked, and at least it has gone on longer than we thought. the other big news, of course, is the e.u. weighing in with a big financial package, offering $15 billion worth of aid. that comes after yesterday's announcement of a billion dollars of -- of loan guarantees from the u.s. the priority, aside from calming down the security...
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but the defense has a completely different argument. they say oscar was an innocent man who actually killed her by accident, a tragic mistake when he in the middle of the night assumed she was a struder who had broken into his house and it's a media scircus. you can imagine that it is going to be a trial that grips not only the country but the entire world and in a first for the country, the judge is allowing cameras in the courtroom. expected to last three to five weeks and could be several weeks after that before the judge issues a verkd. back to you. >> all right. thank you, sir. >>> we are back here, and not used to president obama talking about race in an exceptionally personal way but announcing the my brother's keeper initiative this week he did just that announcing the stark statistics and challenges of young men of color. >> we have become numb to these statistics. we're not surprised by them. we take them as the norm. we just assume this is an inevitable part of american life. instead of the outrage that it is. >> james peters
but the defense has a completely different argument. they say oscar was an innocent man who actually killed her by accident, a tragic mistake when he in the middle of the night assumed she was a struder who had broken into his house and it's a media scircus. you can imagine that it is going to be a trial that grips not only the country but the entire world and in a first for the country, the judge is allowing cameras in the courtroom. expected to last three to five weeks and could be several...
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if you remember, in november they declared on their own a unilateral air defense zone over thousands of miles in the pacific. this is a very dangerous precedent that's been setting. iraq was a disaster. this was an even lower precedent for military intervention. putin has sort of outplayed us over the last decade. now germany gets 40% of its natural gas from russia. he knows that. he thinks the germans won't back sanctions. it is angela merkel, the german chancellor, who's saying we should not kick russia out of the g8. it's hurting him economically. it's isolating him. you don't give him the olympic games. you don't allow him in the g8. you hold him accountable. and i agree with steve, you have a strategy to isolate putin. putin is dangerous. putinism is dangerous. this rise of authoritarianism is something we need counter patiently, slowly, but consistently over time. >> steve, one of the problems in a situation like this is the ultimate action no one is willing to take. there is no one saying we should be willing to go to war with russia over this incursion. and once you eliminate
if you remember, in november they declared on their own a unilateral air defense zone over thousands of miles in the pacific. this is a very dangerous precedent that's been setting. iraq was a disaster. this was an even lower precedent for military intervention. putin has sort of outplayed us over the last decade. now germany gets 40% of its natural gas from russia. he knows that. he thinks the germans won't back sanctions. it is angela merkel, the german chancellor, who's saying we should not...
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but now, to be fair and in perspective, you know, what the defense will do at that very point is then get out the tapes, 100 other tapes from 911 tapes over the period of the last few years, and you'll see that this is not all that unusual. >> sure. but let's go to this call that grabbed me or a juror, i would think. here is a call from a frustrated woman who had already called 911 once, and was still waiting for the ambulance to arrive. let's listen to this call. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> i called. >> i know. is it for 1345 south -- >> yes, yes. >> they're on your way. you only called a couple of minutes ago. they're on their way, okay. >> you know, it's an emergency, and they are still not here. >> okay. they're on their way. >> okay, bye. >> all right, bye. >> well, there is a person rather pathetically trying to get the ambulance to show up that normally would have gotten there, presumably. and there you have this traffic gridlock. it doesn't get through. >> and it was causing problems for the dispatchers too. not only were they having to deal with the normal calls comin
but now, to be fair and in perspective, you know, what the defense will do at that very point is then get out the tapes, 100 other tapes from 911 tapes over the period of the last few years, and you'll see that this is not all that unusual. >> sure. but let's go to this call that grabbed me or a juror, i would think. here is a call from a frustrated woman who had already called 911 once, and was still waiting for the ambulance to arrive. let's listen to this call. >> 911. where is...
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at 2008, when russia went into the state of georgia, that had been preceded by a huge buildup in our defense budget and of course president bush had invaded iraq. so the notion that somehow wif we have a weak foreign policy that emboldens putin, is a lot of hot air. i was pleased to see bob gates the other day, a republican himself, call upon republicans to really do what we should be doing, speaking with one voice and congress can help in that area by quickly moving on the economic aid, including the imf piece, which the president mentioned which unfortunately is not in the house package that will be voted on today. >> thank you, congressman van holl hollen. key parts of the what the president is proposing will require mobilization on the part of congress. we'll watch your momenvements o that. >> up next, remember that other story unfolding today domestically, governor christie speaking at today's cpac meeting and president's new push to get hispanics to sign up for health care. and talking about why she lashed out at the president last week getting a lot of press. >>> finally, we've got he
at 2008, when russia went into the state of georgia, that had been preceded by a huge buildup in our defense budget and of course president bush had invaded iraq. so the notion that somehow wif we have a weak foreign policy that emboldens putin, is a lot of hot air. i was pleased to see bob gates the other day, a republican himself, call upon republicans to really do what we should be doing, speaking with one voice and congress can help in that area by quickly moving on the economic aid,...
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against people who were basically threatening georgian interests and then the russians moving in, in defense of their interests and of their compatriots or citizens on the ground. so we're in a very similar situation here. the one big difference is that they were part of the republic of georgia and were always part of that territory. what we're talking about here about crimea where it does seem that the russians are at least laying the groundwork for some kind of legal case to suggest that perhaps crimea could at some juncture become part of the russian federation again so there really is a distinction there. but we've been there before. we've been there before with vladimir putin and frankly have been in very similar situations in the past as you've just laid out since the 1990s on a great deal of trouble over crimea, over ukraine, over the disposition of many of the states that have emerged after the soviet union. >> in terms of the motivations here on the russian side, if the russian federation does decide to stay in crimea on a permanent basis and, as you say, maybe even make a case for
against people who were basically threatening georgian interests and then the russians moving in, in defense of their interests and of their compatriots or citizens on the ground. so we're in a very similar situation here. the one big difference is that they were part of the republic of georgia and were always part of that territory. what we're talking about here about crimea where it does seem that the russians are at least laying the groundwork for some kind of legal case to suggest that...
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. >> i think we should revisit the missile defense shield that we talk about so often. >> i would just cancel in sochi. i wouldn't talk about the planning session. i would cancel it. >> i would like to create a democratic news around putin's russia. >> we start north of crimea with nbc's ian williams. ian, there's been a lot of claims and counter claims today. what's the latest there on the ground? >> reporter: it's a confusing picture, toure. we've seen a lot of so-called deadlines come and go, which we've heard from russian news agencies, from the ukrainian government. but it does seem that russia is pretty well in control of crimea. and the question now, and it's something which john kerry is going to be looking at closely tomorrow, on how he can under it, is what russia does next. and the focus will be on this region here, where i am today, in east ukraine. this is the second biggest city in the country, the industrial heartland, kharkov. many people here have been encouraged with what's happening in ukraine and would ideally like the russians to come in here, too. behind me, you p
. >> i think we should revisit the missile defense shield that we talk about so often. >> i would just cancel in sochi. i wouldn't talk about the planning session. i would cancel it. >> i would like to create a democratic news around putin's russia. >> we start north of crimea with nbc's ian williams. ian, there's been a lot of claims and counter claims today. what's the latest there on the ground? >> reporter: it's a confusing picture, toure. we've seen a lot of...
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putin would call it an act of self-defense. to save what he calls russian compatriots from the threat of those anti-russian agents emanating from kiev. now, that's very much part of the old soviet playbook. to justify military intervention. we've talked about that before. we've seen that many times in the past. and reporters who are there on the ground have seen absolutely no such threats to ethnic russians. but according to many analysts we've talked to here in moscow. putin does tend to see the new pro-western government in kiev as posing an existential threat toe his interests in ukraine. meaning crimea, they say, gives put than essential warm water port. it gives him that base for his black sea fleet. and he's apparently now made that cost-benefit calculation, that taking crimea back is actually worth the risk. he's not worried, apparently, about the consequences. be that half of the g-8 nations don't show up in sochi or that russia is somehow slapped with some form of sanctions. putin, we're told doesn't doesn't believe th
putin would call it an act of self-defense. to save what he calls russian compatriots from the threat of those anti-russian agents emanating from kiev. now, that's very much part of the old soviet playbook. to justify military intervention. we've talked about that before. we've seen that many times in the past. and reporters who are there on the ground have seen absolutely no such threats to ethnic russians. but according to many analysts we've talked to here in moscow. putin does tend to see...
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>> i think so, and the defense budget. jimmy carter, one thing to his credit, increased defense spending. what kind of example does it set when we're slashing the army and the defense across the board in the light of the world we're looking at? >> thank you. [ doctor ] and in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. way to go, crestor! yeah! getting to goal is a big deal, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors. because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. so, when diet and exercise aren't enough to lower cholesterol, adding crestor can help. go, crestor! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ female announcer ] crestor is not right for everyone, like people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor about other medicines you're taking. call your doctor right away if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper b
>> i think so, and the defense budget. jimmy carter, one thing to his credit, increased defense spending. what kind of example does it set when we're slashing the army and the defense across the board in the light of the world we're looking at? >> thank you. [ doctor ] and in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. way to go, crestor! yeah! getting to goal is a big deal, especially if you have high cholesterol...
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he has talked about the defense budget being cut too much. it's interesting. the political consultants in washington stay away from foreign policy, it's unpopular in america, the public doesn't care about it. it would be ironic but i think it might happen that republicans agree on most issues. could show leadership the next year or two. >> interesting. while we're talking about politicians in washington, did you see what happened yesterday on capitol hill? >> i saw clips of that, yeah. >> we have elijah coming up here. >> wwf. >> it was exciting stuff. >> two minds about it. then again let's let you be the judge. many americans were given a refresh reminder of why they are fed up with washington politics. during yet another hearing, on the irs targeting of conservative and tea party groups. chairman of the house oversight committee darrell issa grilled lois lerner for 11 straight minutes. lerner pled the fifth and then this happened. >> i have no expectation that miss lerner will cooperate with this committee and therefore i move to adjourn. >> i have a proced
he has talked about the defense budget being cut too much. it's interesting. the political consultants in washington stay away from foreign policy, it's unpopular in america, the public doesn't care about it. it would be ironic but i think it might happen that republicans agree on most issues. could show leadership the next year or two. >> interesting. while we're talking about politicians in washington, did you see what happened yesterday on capitol hill? >> i saw clips of that,...
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you didn't hear much of a defense of why isn't the president doing more? he says he has the power of the opinion and of the phone and why isn't he doing more? a few of them agave to him at a personal but we just disagree. i think we can do better than a minimum wage economy. i don't think it good to wave the white flag of surrender and say we can't do better than 2% economic growth in what is one of the weakest recoveries since the end of the second world war. >> yesterday you talked about waving the white flag of surrender. a lot of people wondered what you meant specifically. i understand what you're saying. why don't you talk to our viewers what that means. what you believe the -- in instead of what's he's pushing for, job, growth, opportunity. explain that. >> sure. the government's policy is a complete mess, whether it's higher taxes, more borrowing and it seems as though the white house has seized on the minimum wage debate and they're going to seize on that. we have a 32-year record low in terms of people in the workforce, people are dropping out. u
you didn't hear much of a defense of why isn't the president doing more? he says he has the power of the opinion and of the phone and why isn't he doing more? a few of them agave to him at a personal but we just disagree. i think we can do better than a minimum wage economy. i don't think it good to wave the white flag of surrender and say we can't do better than 2% economic growth in what is one of the weakest recoveries since the end of the second world war. >> yesterday you talked...
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the native defense ministers are getting ready for a complete withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of the year. there a lot of discussion if we continue on that path, a lot of the progress that has been made in afghanistan is not sustainable. what do you think we are going to see over the course of the next nine months as we head towards the zero option as some people call it in afghanistan? >> i think there is the real danger of a crisis in that relations with afghanistan. but, ultimately, it's their country and they have to think of its future. we have made a commitment with which we have stuck for more than ten years now, trying to create a more modern afghanistan. i feel we were a little ambitious in trying that. it might have been wise just to stick to the military operation and see some sort of negotiated outcome could be reached earlier. but we are where we are. i think the after gpeople from afghanistan are not ready to figure out the long-range relationship with us. we might be better off leaving sooner rather than later. in any case, i'm reluctant to consider the deployme
the native defense ministers are getting ready for a complete withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of the year. there a lot of discussion if we continue on that path, a lot of the progress that has been made in afghanistan is not sustainable. what do you think we are going to see over the course of the next nine months as we head towards the zero option as some people call it in afghanistan? >> i think there is the real danger of a crisis in that relations with afghanistan. but,...